By my count you owe me at least 4 apologies
I'm sure more are coming, too. But look at my situation, I only have a few provinces that can produce scouts near my borders, and scouts produced deep in my dominion are most likely to die a prolonged, painful, disease-ridden death before they can be of any use to me. About the only place I can send scouts is through Vanheim territory, so it's nothing personal, you're just lucky.